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During which time period did the Byzantine Empire exist?
During which time period did the Byzantine Empire exist?
- The Renaissance
- Ancient Rome
- Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (correct)
- The Industrial Revolution
What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?
What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?
- Rome
- Constantinople (correct)
- Athens
- Alexandria
What event led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
What event led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
- The invasion of the Huns (correct)
- The Black Death
- The Protestant Reformation
- The Great Fire of Rome
What was the dominant language in the Byzantine Empire?
What was the dominant language in the Byzantine Empire?
What term did the citizens of the Byzantine Empire use to refer to themselves?
What term did the citizens of the Byzantine Empire use to refer to themselves?
What caused the divergence between the Greek East and Latin West of the Roman Empire?
What caused the divergence between the Greek East and Latin West of the Roman Empire?
What empire conquered Constantinople and led to the fall of the Byzantine Empire?
What empire conquered Constantinople and led to the fall of the Byzantine Empire?
During which reign did the Byzantine Empire reach its greatest extent?
During which reign did the Byzantine Empire reach its greatest extent?
Which empire conquered the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople, in 1453?
Which empire conquered the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople, in 1453?
Which dynasty saw the Byzantine Empire experience the Macedonian Renaissance?
Which dynasty saw the Byzantine Empire experience the Macedonian Renaissance?
Which empire exhausted the Byzantine Empire's resources during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628?
Which empire exhausted the Byzantine Empire's resources during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628?
Which empire conquered the Byzantine Empire's richest provinces, Egypt and Syria, during the early Muslim conquests of the 7th century?
Which empire conquered the Byzantine Empire's richest provinces, Egypt and Syria, during the early Muslim conquests of the 7th century?
Which empire sacked Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204?
Which empire sacked Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204?
Which empire progressively annexed the remaining territories of the Byzantine Empire over the 14th and 15th centuries?
Which empire progressively annexed the remaining territories of the Byzantine Empire over the 14th and 15th centuries?
Who first used the term 'Byzantine' to refer to the empire?
Who first used the term 'Byzantine' to refer to the empire?
What book greatly advanced the use of the term 'Byzantine' in the English language?
What book greatly advanced the use of the term 'Byzantine' in the English language?
What term did the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire use to refer to themselves?
What term did the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire use to refer to themselves?
What term did Charlemagne's Libri Carolini use to designate the Byzantine Empire?
What term did Charlemagne's Libri Carolini use to designate the Byzantine Empire?
What did the loss of non-Hellenic territories and increasing religious and cultural differences with Western Europe lead to?
What did the loss of non-Hellenic territories and increasing religious and cultural differences with Western Europe lead to?
What did the Islamic and Slavic worlds call the Byzantine Empire?
What did the Islamic and Slavic worlds call the Byzantine Empire?
What term was increasingly used instead of 'Byzantine' after 1204 when the empire consisted purely of its Hellenic provinces?
What term was increasingly used instead of 'Byzantine' after 1204 when the empire consisted purely of its Hellenic provinces?
During the 4th century BC, the Roman Republic was a city-state in which region?
During the 4th century BC, the Roman Republic was a city-state in which region?
What event marked the end of the Roman-Greek Wars?
What event marked the end of the Roman-Greek Wars?
Which empire did Alexander the Great conquer during the 4th century BC?
Which empire did Alexander the Great conquer during the 4th century BC?
What were the successor kingdoms created after Alexander the Great's death called?
What were the successor kingdoms created after Alexander the Great's death called?
Which empire intervened in the Pyrrhic War against Rome to protect the Greek city-states of southern Italy?
Which empire intervened in the Pyrrhic War against Rome to protect the Greek city-states of southern Italy?
What did Rome gain when the king of Pergamon bequeathed his kingdom to Rome?
What did Rome gain when the king of Pergamon bequeathed his kingdom to Rome?
What was the name used by the Ottomans to refer to the former subjects of the Byzantine Empire?
What was the name used by the Ottomans to refer to the former subjects of the Byzantine Empire?
Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
What term is used to describe the process of incorporating the Hellenised eastern parts of the Mediterranean into the Roman Empire?
What term is used to describe the process of incorporating the Hellenised eastern parts of the Mediterranean into the Roman Empire?
